Nevada § 625.530 - Restrictions upon public works; preferences for contracts

§ 625.530. Restrictions upon public works; preferences for contracts

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 338.1711 to 338.173 , inclusive, and 408.3875 to 408.3888 , inclusive: 1. The State of Nevada or any of its political subdivisions, including a county, city

or town, shall not engage in any public work requiring the practice of professional

engineering or land surveying, unless the maps, plans, specifications, reports and

estimates have been prepared by, and the work executed under the supervision of, a

professional engineer, professional land surveyor or registered architect. 2. The provisions of this section do not: (a) Apply to any public work wherein the expenditure for the complete project of which

the work is a part does not exceed $35,000. (b) Include any maintenance work undertaken by the State of Nevada or its political

subdivisions. (c) Authorize a professional engineer, registered architect or professional land surveyor

to practice in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or chapter 623 of

NRS. (d) Require the services of an architect registered pursuant to the provisions of

chapter 623 of NRS for the erection of buildings or structures manufactured in an

industrial plant, if those buildings or structures meet the requirements of local

building codes of the jurisdiction in which they are being erected. 3. The selection of a professional engineer, professional land surveyor or registered

architect to perform services pursuant to subsection 1 must be made on the basis of

the competence and qualifications of the engineer, land surveyor or architect for

the type of services to be performed and not on the basis of competitive fees. If, after selection of the engineer, land surveyor or architect, an agreement upon

a fair and reasonable fee cannot be reached with him or her, the public agency may

terminate negotiations and select another engineer, land surveyor or architect. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, in assigning the relative weight

to each factor for selecting a professional engineer, professional land surveyor or

registered architect pursuant to this subsection, the public agency shall assign,

without limitation, a relative weight of 5 percent to the possession of a certificate

of eligibility to receive a preference when competing for public works. If any federal statute or regulation precludes the granting of federal assistance

or reduces the amount of that assistance for a particular public work because of the

provisions of this subsection relating to a preference when competing for public works,

those provisions of this subsection do not apply insofar as their application would

preclude or reduce federal assistance for that public work.